“When good-natured people leave us we look forward with extra pleasure to their return.”
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Famous Josh Billings Quotes
“Selfish people, with no heart to speak of, have the best time of it.”
“People travel to learn; most of them before they start should learn to travel.”
Source: Josh Billings' Wit and Humor
“There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.”
“Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.”
Source: Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day
Source: Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day
“People who have nothing to say are never at a loss in talking.”